10 November 2014, Reply memorandum of law was filed in further support of plaintiffs' motion for preliminary injunction.

12 November 204, hearing took place in Jackson, MS. From Both sides rest in Mississippi gay-marriage ban case, by Emily Le Coz of the The Clarion-Ledger: Both sides on a federal case challenging Mississippi's gay-marriage ban rested after three hours of arguments Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Carton Reeves, who dismissed the court for a lunch break set to end at 1:45 p.m. The hearing likely will end today, but it's unclear if Reeves will immediately issue a decision on the question at hand: Whether to grant the plaintiff's motions for preliminary injunction against the state's gay-marriage ban or whether to grant the defense's motion to stay the case. Transcript of the hearing.

4 December 2014, the briefing schedule was set. The State's opening brief is due 19 December 2014, the plaintiffs' brief is due 24 December 2014, and the State's Reply is due 2 January 2015. The oral argument notice will issue separately.

4 December 2014, also, an order on the plaintiff's Motion to expedite appeal was issued. The Motion to expedite was granted (see above for briefing schedule), the appeal will be assigned to the same panel, and oral argument will not be consolidated with Texas and Louisiana. No word yet on what date.

4 December 2014, the 5th Circuit GRANTED a stay pending appeal. "Finally, while we recognize that Plaintiffs are potentially harmed by a continued violation of their constitutional rights, this harm is attenuated by the imminent consideration of their case by a full oral argument panel of this court. The court is scheduled to hear challenges related to Louisiana’s and Texas’s marriage bans in one month and has recently issued an order granting Plaintiffs’ application to expedite their appeal and scheduled the case for oral argument before the same panel. Given that Plaintiffs’ claims will soon be heard in conjunction with these two other cases, a temporary maintenance of the status quo balances the possibility of this harm with the need to resolve Plaintiffs claims in a manner that is both expeditious and circumspect."

Marriage Equality USA (MEUSA) was the grassroots movement to win marriage in the United States. With the U.S. Supreme Court victory on June 26, 2015 the work of the organization - though not the larger movement - was achieved and MEUSA ceased formal operations, closing in late 2017. For inquires please contact lovewins@marriageequality.org.